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<I>ARGUSIANUS ARGUS</I> University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Papers in Natural Resources Natural Resources, School of 2009 MOVEMENTS, DISTRIBUTION, AND ABUNDANCE OF GREAT ARGUS PHEASANTS (ARGUSIANUS ARGUS) IN A SUMATRAN RAINFOREST Nurul L. Winarni University of Georgia Timothy G. O'Brien Wildlife Conservation Society, [email protected] John P. Carroll University of Georgia, [email protected] Margaret F. Kinnaird Wildlife Conservation Society Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natrespapers Part of the Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, and the Other Environmental Sciences Commons Winarni, Nurul L.; O'Brien, Timothy G.; Carroll, John P.; and Kinnaird, Margaret F., "MOVEMENTS, DISTRIBUTION, AND ABUNDANCE OF GREAT ARGUS PHEASANTS (ARGUSIANUS ARGUS) IN A SUMATRAN RAINFOREST" (2009). Papers in Natural Resources. 658. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natrespapers/658 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Natural Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Papers in Natural Resources by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The Auk 126(2):341 350, 2009 The American Ornithologists’ Union, 2009. Printed in USA. MOVEMENTS, DISTRIBUTION, AND ABUNDANCE OF GREAT ARGUS PHEASANTS (ARGUSIANUS ARGUS) IN A SUMATRAN RAINFOREST NURUL L. WINARNI,1,2 TIMOTHY G. O’BRIEN,3,4,5 JOHN P. C ARROLL,2 AND MARGARET F. K INNAIRD3,4 1Wildlife Conservation Society, Indonesia Program, Jl. Ciremei 8, P.O. Box 311, Bogor 16003, Indonesia; 2D.B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, USA; 3Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460, USA; and 4Mpala Research Center, P.O. Box 555, Nanyuki, Kenya Abstract.—We used radiotelemetry, habitat sampling, camera trapping, and line-transect surveys to explore movement patterns, distribution, and abundance of Great Argus Pheasants (Argusianus argus) in Sumatra, Indonesia. We radiotracked six adult and one subadult males. Territories averaged . o . ha, and home-range size did not vary by month or by relative abundance of selected plant foods. Daily travel distance ( o m) varied significantly between months but did not reflect changes in plant foods. Territories were used almost exclusively by resident males. Males preferentially used undisturbed forest (habitat I). Vegetation structure at male display sites and random points indicated that display sites were located in undisturbed forest, with few lianas and small leaf size on trees adjacent to the display site. Between and , we conducted five line-transect surveys in conjunction with camera-trap surveys. Density estimates of calling males varied from . to . males km−, and the total density estimate ranged from . to . birds km−. Density estimates increased substantially between and , reflecting recovery from depressed densities after the – El Niño drought. Habitat occupancy estimates varied from % to % but were not significantly different over time. The proportion of occupied habitat was similar to the proportion of habitat I. We conclude that Great Argus Pheasants prefer undisturbed forest and rarely use other habitat even as population density increases. Restricted movements and habitat preference may limit the ability of Great Argus Pheasants to colonize forest fragments. Received October , accepted November . Key words: Argusianus argus, density, distribution, Great Argus Pheasant, habitat preference, male movements. Movimientos, Distribución y Abundancia de Argusianus aarhus en un Bosque Lluvioso de Sumatra Resumen.—Usamos radiotelemetría, muestreos de hábitat, captura con cámaras fotográficas y transectos lineales para explorar los patrones de movimiento, la distribución y la abundancia de Argusianus aarhus en Sumatra, Indonesia. Seguimos a seis machos adultos y a un subadulto con radiotelemetría. Los territorios fueron en promedio de . o . ha, sin variación en los ámbitos de hogar entre meses o en relación con la abundancia relativa de algunas especies de plantas que sirven como alimento. Las distancias de movimiento diario ( o m) variaron significativamente entre meses pero esta variación no se relacionó con los cambios en las plantas que sirven como alimento. Los territorios fueron usados casi exclusivamente por machos residentes. Los machos prefirieron áreas de bosque no intervenido (hábitat I). La estructura de la vegetación en las áreas de exhibición de los machos y en puntos distribuidos al azar indicó que las áreas de exhibición estaban localizadas en bosques sin intervención, con pocas lianas y con árboles de hojas pequeñas en las áreas adyacentes a los sitios de exhibición. Entre y , realizamos muestreos en cinco transectos lineales y utilizando cámaras fotográficas. Las estimaciones de densidad de machos vocalizando varió entre . y . machos km−, y el estimado de densidad total varió entre . y . aves km−. Las estimaciones de densidad aumentaron considerablemente entre y , reflejando una recuperación de las densidades bajas que se registraron después de la sequía causada por El Niño entre y . Las estimaciones de ocupación de hábitat variaron de un % a un % pero éstas no fueron significativamente diferente entre periodos de tiempo. La proporción de hábitat ocupado fue similar a la proporción de hábitat I. Concluimos que estos faisanes prefieren bosques no intervenidos y que rara vez utilizan otros tipos de hábitat, incluso cuando las densidades poblacionales aumentan. El movimiento restringido y las preferencias de hábitat de esta especie pueden limitar su colonización de fragmentos de bosque. 5Address correspondence to this author. E-mail: [email protected] The Auk, Vol. , Number , pages . ISSN -, electronic ISSN -. by The American Ornithologists’ Union. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press’s Rights and Permissions website, http://www.ucpressjournals. com/reprintInfo.asp. DOI: ./auk.. — 341 — 342 — WINARNI ET AL. — AUK, VOL. 126 The Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus), one of the most loss. Today, % of the original lowland forest area remains, world’s largest pheasants, is restricted to tropical forests of the and much of that is fragmented. Most Sumatran galliforms are Sunda Shelf, including the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Bor- forest interior specialists and are believed to be sensitive to the neo (Smythies , MacKinnon and Phillipps ). The species effects of forest fragmentation (McGowan and Gillman , Wi- includes two subspecies, the Bornean Great Argus Pheasant (A. a. narni et al. ). The Great Argus Pheasant is considered “near grayi) and the Malay–Sumatra Great Argus Pheasant (A. a. argus). threatened” by IUCN (Fuller and Garson ), and it is protected The species is sexually dimorphic, with males averaging . kg by law in Indonesia. However, other than records of occurrence and females . kg. Males have iridescent oceli on the large sec- and the surveys by Nijman () and Winarni et al. (), little ondary feathers and elongate central retrices on the tails, which information is available on this threat classification or on the ef- are a. m in length (Delacour , Johnsgard ). The mating fects of habitat disturbance on pheasants. system is polygynous, with males advertising on dancing sites in Here, we report on the ecology of Great Argus Pheasants in an exploded-lek system (Davison b, Johnsgard ). Davison a national park in southern Sumatra. We combine radiotelemetry, (a) reported, on the basis of vocalizations and foraging obser- habitat analysis, occupancy analysis, and population estimation to vations, that both males and females may defend territories. Lit- explore the characteristics and spatial distribution of home ranges tle is known about the timing of reproduction in the wild. Beebe of males and to estimate the density and distribution of this low- reported one recently hatched nest, probably in October (Johns- land-forest population. gard ). Davison (a) discovered a nest in June and reported a breeding season from February to August (Davison b). In METHODS Sumatra, Indonesia, we observed a nest with two eggs in August (M. F. Kinnaird unpubl. data). Madge and McGowan () Study area.—This research was conducted in Bukit Barisan Sela- concluded that the breeding season was unclear but may occur be- tan National Park (BBSNP), Sumatra (Fig. ), in the southwestern tween March and July. In captivity, females have laid – clutches part of the island (n`−n`S and n`−n`E). The third- of two eggs per year, with clutches in every month (Johnsgard largest protected area in Sumatra (, km; O’Brien and Kin- ), which suggests the possibility of multiple clutches per year naird ), BBSNP contains some of the largest remaining tracts in the wild. The Great Argus Pheasant’s omnivorous diet includes of lowland rainforest in Sumatra and functions as the primary fruits, seeds, flowers, leaf buds, and leaf-litter invertebrates. Beebe watershed for southwest Sumatra (Kinnaird et al. ). It is bor- () reported that the Borneo subspecies consumed primarily dered by villages, agriculture, and plantation forestry and suffers ants, but also other invertebrates, leaves, nuts, fallen fruit, and from encroachment for logging and agriculture, as well as from il- seeds. On Peninsular Malaysia, Davison (a) reported that the legal hunting (Kinniard et al. , O’Brien et
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